Brief Life History of Viola M
When Viola M Holt was born on 25 September 1885, in Alabama, United States, her father, Robert Lee Holt, was 21 and her mother, Margaret J Newton, was 8. She married Albert Charlie Watkins on 29 April 1910, in Morgan, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Somerville, Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1920. She died on 26 April 1974, in Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Morgan, Alabama, United States.
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- Viley Holt, "United States Census, 1900"
- Viley Holt, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Viola Watkins, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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